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Acts passed by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina [1823]

1£ LAWS OF NORTH-CAUOLINA.
A. D. 1823. three years or more previous thereto, specifying thereiu
'^,f^'^^r>,m^ the ainoiMit of each separate claim, anti the name of the
person to whom the saiue is payahle ; and il'tliere be no
snch monies in liis hands, lie sliail make aihdavit of the
same, which return or attidavit, the Judge or Chaii-man
of the Court hefoie whom it is made, shall cause to be
transniitted to the Public Ti-( asurer of tliis State, on or
belbre the first day of Decembei', in the same year.
II. Be it further enadfid. That the Clerks aforesaid,
Gflerks to ac- shall, on or before the first day of December in each and
count an u- every year, after the foregoing statements are made»
ally with the
j^^^, ^^^ ^,jth and pay over to the Public Treasurer, all
the balances aforesaid ; which shall be held by him in
trust, for the legal claimants, but whilst unapplied for,
shall constitute a part of the fund created by the afore-said
act.
III. Jlndhe it further enacted. That any Clerk as afore-said,
failing to comply with the duties required by this
act, shall forfeit anxl pay to the State, one thousand dol-lars
; to be sued for and recoveied by the Public Trea-surer
in the Suj)erior Court of Law of Wake County, and
be moreover liable to pay all such monies as he may be
chargeable with, ujuler the jirovisions of this act.
IV. And he it further enacted. That if any Clerk, as
inff to pav o- ^^'>*'**^*'^» shall fail to pay any money by him admitted
ver money in to be due, as aforesaid, on or befoi-e the first day of De-their
hands, member in each and every year, such Clerk may be pro-
Seda-*"' <^t^<^tl«' against by the i»ublic Treasurer in any Court of
gainst by the Record in this State, in the like manner as against de-
Tieasurer. faulting revenue olBcers.
V. Be it further enacted, That all persons who have
heretofore been Clerks of any Couit of Record in this
State, shall render to the Courts of which they may have
been Cleiks, a like statement of monies which have re-mained
in ^lieir hands f«»r three years or more, pirvious
to the time of making such statements, under the |)enalty
presciibed by this act; which statement shall lie I'ender-ed
at tin first session of said Couit, which shall be after
the first (lay of August next, and shall be transmiited iu
like manner to the Public Treasurer of the State, and
the monies therein admitted to be and remain in his
hantK, shiill he paid and accounted for, in the same man-ner
as is herein directed with respect to the monies re-maining
iu the hands of the present or future Clerks.
.„ VI. And he itfurther enacted, That all Sheriffs now in
to account office, shall, at the same time, render a like statement to
clerks fail-ing
in their
dutv to for-feit'^
1000.
Clerks fail-
Former
Clerks to ac-count
for
monies in
Uieir hands.

1£ LAWS OF NORTH-CAUOLINA.
A. D. 1823. three years or more previous thereto, specifying thereiu
'^,f^'^^r>,m^ the ainoiMit of each separate claim, anti the name of the
person to whom the saiue is payahle ; and il'tliere be no
snch monies in liis hands, lie sliail make aihdavit of the
same, which return or attidavit, the Judge or Chaii-man
of the Court hefoie whom it is made, shall cause to be
transniitted to the Public Ti-( asurer of tliis State, on or
belbre the first day of Decembei', in the same year.
II. Be it further enadfid. That the Clerks aforesaid,
Gflerks to ac- shall, on or before the first day of December in each and
count an u- every year, after the foregoing statements are made»
ally with the
j^^^, ^^^ ^,jth and pay over to the Public Treasurer, all
the balances aforesaid ; which shall be held by him in
trust, for the legal claimants, but whilst unapplied for,
shall constitute a part of the fund created by the afore-said
act.
III. Jlndhe it further enacted. That any Clerk as afore-said,
failing to comply with the duties required by this
act, shall forfeit anxl pay to the State, one thousand dol-lars
; to be sued for and recoveied by the Public Trea-surer
in the Suj)erior Court of Law of Wake County, and
be moreover liable to pay all such monies as he may be
chargeable with, ujuler the jirovisions of this act.
IV. And he it further enacted. That if any Clerk, as
inff to pav o- ^^'>*'**^*'^» shall fail to pay any money by him admitted
ver money in to be due, as aforesaid, on or befoi-e the first day of De-their
hands, member in each and every year, such Clerk may be pro-
Seda-*"'